Locket



C. R. HARRIS.

LOGKET.

( Model.)

No. 281,688. Patented July 24, 1883;

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cHARLEs R. HARRIs, OF ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

LOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forniing part of Letters Patent No. 281,688, dated July 24, 1883.

, 'Application filed April 25,1883. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern;- I 7 Be it known that I, CHARLES R. HARRIS,

of Attleborough, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lockets; and I do hereby declare the following specification,

taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same, to be a description thereof.

This invention consists in a locket having that face in which the photograph or object to be displayed is placed countersunk to receive and furnish a support for such photograph or object and the glass for covering the same, and having a perforated cap-plate for exhibiting the photograph and holding the same and the covering-glass in place, which plate is provided with spring-prongs adapted to enter perforations in the countersunk face of the locket and thereby be secured in position. The invention also consists in providing such face with a countersunk ledge to receive and support the cap-plate, so that it shall not project above the surrounding surface, as will hereinafter appear.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l represents a locket embodying the invention, each half of which is adapted to receive a photograph on its inner face. Fig.2 shows atransverse section of one of the halves. Fig. 3 represents the cap-plate in perspective.

A is the interior or lining member of the locket, half which member is composed of sheet metal, and is secured in any preferredmanner to the rim of the face member A. The central portion, a, of the member A is countersunk to receive a photograph, B, or otherobject to be displayed, and a covering-glass, O, and furnish a support for the same.

D is the cap-plate, which is perforated to exhibit the photograph, and is provided with spring-prongs d, which enter perforations a in the member A, andthereby detachably secure the plate in position and hold the photograph and glass in place. Preferably the cavity a is surrounded by ,a ledge, a countersunk below the surrour ding surface a to receive and support the capeplate D, so that itshall not project above the surface a Heretofore the lining member of a locket has usually been provided with a central perforation to receive a box having an open face to display the photograph, and a depending flange or wall of sufficient depth to receive the glass, photograph, and a backing for holding the samein the box. My improved locket is less expensive in construction than one of this variety, and the photograph can be much more easily inserted and removed. The member A can be stamped in the form shown by one operation, and the cap-plate D can be punched at one operation, it only being necessary to complete it to bend down the prongs d.

i What I claim, and desire to secure by Letwith erforations a and havin a perforated cap-plate, D, furnished with spring-prongs adapted to enter said-perforations, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

CHARLES R. HAR Is.

Witnesses:

'EDSON SALIs URY J ONES, BENoN WATERMAN. 

